David Frost
David Frost was born in Tenterden, England, United Kingdom on April 7th, 1939 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 74, David Frost biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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American career from 1968 to 1980
In 1968, he agreed to appear on American television on three evenings a week in his own show, the first such arrangement for a British television star at the time. Frost stayed on London shows from 1969 to 1972 and fronted The David Frost Show on the United States Westinghouse Corporation's Warner television stations in the United States. His 1970 television special, Frost on America, welcomed guests such as Jack Benny and Tennessee Williams.
Frost and Henry Kissinger, President Nixon's national security advisor and secretary of state, pleaded with Kissinger to call chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer and encourage him to participate in the World Chess Championship next year. Frost revealed that he was working on a book during this call.
Before George Foreman's "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974, Frost interviewed heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali at his training camp in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania. Ali said, "Listen David, when I see this guy, if you believe the world was stunned when Nixon resigned, wait until I whip Foreman's behind."
The Nixon Interviews, five 90-minute interviews with former US President Richard Nixon, were broadcast on television in 1977. After the U.S. television networks discontinued the show, Nixon was paid $600,000 plus for the interviews, which had to be funded by Frost himself. Frost's company negotiated to syndicate the interviews with local broadcasters around the United States and internationally, resulting in Ron Howard's description of them as "the first fourth network." About 29 hours of interviews with Nixon in less than four weeks, Frost taped around 29 hours. "I let the American people down, and I must carry the burden with me for the remainder of my life," Nixon, who had previously avoided discussing his involvement in the Watergate affair that caused his resignation as president in 1974, expressed contrition. Frost asked Nixon if the president could do something illegal in certain circumstances, such as against antiwar organisations and others, if he decides "it's in the nation's best interests or something." "Well, if the president does it, it does not mean it is unlawful," Nixon said.
Frost was the last person to interview Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran's deposed Shah, after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The interview was held on Contadora Island, Panama, in January 1980, and the American Broadcasting Company in the United States broadcasted it on January 17th. The Shah addresses his fortune, his sickness, the SAVAK, the torture during his reign, Khomeini, his threat of extradition to Iran, and a summary of the current situation in Iran.
In 1979, Frost was the organiser of the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly. He was recruited as the anchor of a new American tabloid news show Inside Edition ten years ago. He was suspended after only three weeks due to poor ratings. He appears to have been "considered too high-brow for the show's low-brow style."
Selected awards and honours
- 1970: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1970: Honorary Doctor of Laws degree of Emerson College
- 1993: Knight Bachelor
- 1994: Honorary doctoral degree of the University of Sussex
- 2000: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
- 2005: Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA
- 2009: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree of the University of Winchester
- 2009: Lifetime Achievement Award at the Emmy Awards
